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DISGAL 'CALENDARl No. 290,763. Patented Deo. 25,1883.

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Y UNH-En STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR B. FREEMAN AND MARCUS F. RICHARDSON, OF LEBANON, N. H.

DISCAL CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION formngfpart of Letters atentl No. 290,763, dated December25, 1883.

` Application tiled September 13, 1883. (No model.) y

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR B. FREEMAN and MARCUS F. RICHARDSON,4citizens of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county ofGrafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented and produced a new anduseful Improvement in Discal Calendars, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.4

The object of our invention is to provide an annual discal calendar forany year desiredone which shall be useful, cheap, compact, and

y durable, the former as it shows at a glance the year, month, totalnumber of days in' the month, and the day of the week and month, thecalendar being compact and durable, as the material of it is made intotwo parts only, a rectangular' card and a circular disk, both made ofcardboard and suitably joined together.

rIlhe nature of our invention consists in combining a circular rotatingdisk, having thereon the names, in abbreviation, of the months, thetotal number of days in each month, and the days of the week, with asuitable card having on its outer surface the desired year, a fixedtable of numbers from l to 3l, inclusive, below, and a space foradvertising above.

The invention further consists in combining said disk with a card havingthree openings, to allow the desired month, total number of days in themonth, and the days of the week to show through, the printed matter onthe disk being so arranged that when the name of any month is under theleft-hand opening the total number of days in that month will appear tothe right of the year, and the days of the week will be below the day ofthe week on which the month begins; also the .following days, properlyregistering with a xed table of numbers below.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, showing the card and diskcombined for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thc disk detached fromthe card.

C represents the card. The larger portion of it, S, is left foradvertisingspace, as the calendars are designed with a view to sendingthrough the mails to parties ordering them. Below said space are printedthe figures of any current year. To the left and right thereof areopenings a and b, and below an opening, o. Beneath the latter isarranged a fixed table of monthly dates from l to 3l, inclusive, printed5 5 upon a fan-shaped ground, each date being divided from the next byradial lines and from the one below by arcs of a circle, (seef, Fig. l.)

D lrepresents the card-board disk. Just inside of the circumferentialline, and on one side of the disk only, are placed the names of 4themonths, not in regular order, but with a view to the proper registeringof the day of the week on which the month begins with the numeral 1 ofthe fan-shaped table f on the card 65 C. Inside the names ofthe monthsare arranged the iigures representing the total number of days in eachmonth. Said gures are necessarily opposite the corresponding month, Ybut on the other side ofthe disk, so as to show in the opening b whenthe month shows through a. About the hub of the disk D are placed incircular order the abbreviations representing the days of the week. Eachone is separated from the other by a radial line, so that when the sevendays show through the opening c eight of the lines will match withcorresponding lines on the table f. There. are twentyone of theseabbreviations, and they are so arranged in regard to the names of themonths that when any month registers under opening a seven of themappear in the opening c, and the day of the week on which the monthbegins will appear to the left, and that day and the remaining six willproperly register with the table f during the whole month, and the diskneed not be turned again until a new month begins. The disk and card arefastened together by a metal eyelet, enabling the former to be easilyturned without wear.

It is evident that by differently placing or shaping the table j' andthe openings in the card the printed matter on the disk D could bevaried without departing from our invention.

It will be seen that our calendar is useful, simple, and strong,consisting, -as it does, of but two part-s, and is also well adapted foradvertising and mailing.

Having fully described our invention, what roo" we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

5 thereon the desired year and the fixed table of 1. The rotating diskD, provided with abbreviations representing the months, total number ofdays in each month, and the days of the week, combined with the card C,having having,in abbreviation, the days of the Week about the hub, theintermediate iigures for the 15 total number of days in each month, andthe outer letters for the months ofthe year, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we afELX our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

ARTHUR B. FREEMAN. MARCUS F. RICHARDSON.

Vitnesses:

CHARLns A. DOWNS, EDWARD J. DURANT.

